Language name and location: Mbre (Bɛrɛ), Côte d'Ivoire [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区姆布雷语 (贝勒语), 科特迪瓦中北部邦达马河谷区

 

1. pĩ́dɔ́ #-do is a common element in Mande for ‘one’ but this leaves the pĩ element
    unexplained. 

2. yɔ̃̀ɡɔ́ cf. Avikam áɲɔ̃́ but other Ivory Coast Kwa languages have related forms, Also
    Dompo nyɔ̀ɔ̀

3. tã̄ã̄ɡɔ́ # tã̄ã̄- is Niger-Congo and the -ɡɔ affix is apparently Pre (cf. 2,7) 

4. na #na- is Niger-Congo (W. 263)

5. nū #-nu is Niger-Congo

6. ni sĩ́ĩ́ ? 

7. ni yɔ̃̀ɡɔ́ ? perhaps a compound of 5 + 2

8.  bɔ̃dɔɣɔna ?     

9.  krɔ̃dɔ < Bambara korondo

10. ɡbrĩ ? Unless connected with Westermann’s (225) -ɡuá-

20. mwà 

50. bí lōōlū < Dyula bi looru

100. kɛ́mɛ̀ < Dyula kɛ̀mɛ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Roger Blench, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Dept of History, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Reference sourceː Bɛrɛ: a language of Côte d’Ivoire of unknown affiliation. Exclusive special edition. circulated for the workshop Language Isolates in Africa Lyon, December 3, 2010.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Roger Blench, 2010 年 12 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Mbre or Bɛrɛ is a nearly extinct language of Côte d’Ivoire of unknown affiliation.


 

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